Richmond hathaway



RICHMOND HATAWAY, CF CHICCPEE, MASSACHUSETTS ASSIGNCR TO HIMSELF AND LEVI C. ALLEN, CF CARDINER, MAINE.

Letters Potent No. 73,523, dated June 2, 1868.

IMPROVEDCLOTE AND CLOTHES-PIN.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN i Be it known that I, RICHMOND I-IATHAWAY, of Chcopee, Hampdencounty, Commonwealth oi' Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth and Clothes-Holders; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings- Figure 1 s a plan view and Figure 2 a side view of my device,'while l Figure 3 represents it as opened by the pressure of a ngel' and, thumb ofthe operator, -Figure 4 showing its application as a clothes-pin.

This invention consists of a simple and conveniently-arranged device for holding clothes upon the line, as well as numerous other similar operations, I Y j In construction, it is formed so that it can be operated by the thumb and fore-lnger of the operator, so as to open the jaws, 'while the spring of the material forming the device causes the jaws always to close, unless held open by force. In' the drawings, it is shown that the device is formed of' a single spring-wire,.bent aroundso as to form a coil-spring, a, in" the centre; jaws b and c, and levers d and d, for the purpose Ofoperating the jaws. It is also shown that one of the jaws, b; consists of a sharp point, bent over at right angles to the shank, so that it enters, when'shut, the ring c forming the other jaw; this'rng being formed bythe shank being bent around until the end meets the straight part. The levers d and a7., formed by the bending of the wire out and back, lconsist of two wires to each lever, so that they are easily handled, while the spring a, formed by the coiling of the wire at the return bend of the sume, after it has formed theA levers, gives the greatest` amount of elasticity to the device possible.

This device is very convenient for the use of seamstresses and tailors, for cutting out their patterns and busting them, they being very cheaply manufactured, and operating in the simplest manner to hold the cloth securely together, the arrangement ot" the jaws preventing'the possibility of two or morepieces thus held together from slipping. v

Now, having described my invention,` what' I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Ais- As an article of manufacture, the clothes-pin constructed as described, viz, with the central coil a, tlie levers .n d d, the central depressions to admit the line, and the pointed and ring-ja\vs, all as set forth. i RICHMOND HATHAWAY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. HYDE', CHAS. T. WORK. 

